I was chit chatting with Tony Tezak today in Skype and he showed me something that really made me stop and smile. Tony paid out over 900 bucks in commissions this week. TimTech paid out over 1000! And I’m sure other companies and programs in the TE industry paid out even more…So it got me thinking…Why shop around when the good stuff is at home?

For over a decade, traffic exchanges (and related services) have been online, paying commissions, growing people’s businesses and still, most traffic exchanges are filled with here today, gone tomorrow programs. I mean, I understand our model and I understand the whole shiny object syndrome but still…We have something great, right in front of our face and it baffles me at times, why promoting TE’s, as a business opportunity, isn’t sexier?

Hey, you could even blame it on me I guess. For years I told people to not promote TE’s directly. And while I still maintain there are much more effective ways to build TE downlines and make commissions, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to promote something like Sweeva directly or TTP directly, when they are paying out almost 2k in commissions a week combined.

Makes you think huh?

Imagine an industry without shiny object syndrome…

Imagine if people upgraded, purchased credits in the TE’s, bought an upgrade at AdKreator or TEToolbox…

Now that’s a funny thought because that would mean, even more commissions for the industry. Real income being generated by affiliates. Earning 27 bucks a day for a year….Healthy growth, members supporting businesses that don’t disappear after 3 months. Crazy thoughts I know.

But it makes you think…What if?

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So it’s official! I’m no longer a resident of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and I am finally moved into my new home in Edmonton, Alberta. It feels good to start a new life in a new province and hey it makes it all better when the city is home to your second favorite hockey team…

Let’s just put it this way though, moving SUCKS and I’m so glad to be done with it.

I didn’t get a chance to be as active as I usually am this past week but still there was plenty of news and trends happening in the traffic exchange industry. Here’s what I noticed during the past week or so…

- Sweeva hit 20,000 members! Boy oh boy was I pumped when I saw it click over. I’ve been a part of a lot of programs during my decade plus in this business but nothing has excited me more than seeing the growth of Sweeva and the massive potential it has. Special thanks to EVERYONE who has made this such an amazing experience…We are just getting started!

- We hit 20% of our goal at Traffic Exchanges Care. Over $1000 has been raised so far to fight water shortage around the world but we still need your help. Special thanks to Winter Perkins for creating that amazing new splash page. Please feel free to use it or download the image and use it wherever you can! We need your help, so please donate if you can spare a dollar or two =)

- T.E. Profits got a major overhaul and was relaunched this week. I’m upset that I didn’t get to give this the attention it deserved with my moving obligations. And Scott Douglas, in my opinion, is the perfect example of someone who ‘gets it’ when it comes to making money WITH traffic exchanges. He doesn’t own one but still manages to be one of the most popular and effective traffic exchange advertisers in history. T.E. Profits is a must join for any serious traffic exchange marketer.

- I was pretty upset this weekend too for getting a Pay Pal dispute filed against me from a FELLOW traffic exchange owner. This pretty much left me ranting away in NMF and caused me to potentially lose some business but to be honest, when someone files a false dispute against you, doesn’t attempt at all to call you and work the issue out and it’s from another traffic exchange owner…Well…Good riddance. Filing unwarranted Pay Pal disputes is BAD for our entire industry!

- And finally, I’m thrilled to see all the changes taking place at IM Faceplate. The guys at Logiscape are really trying to build something special here and slowly this is becoming a wonderful place to grow your network. Remember, all this internet marketing stuff is useless without a solid network of contacts. Get out there and meet your fellow surfers!

That’s it for this week. We’re also back every day at T.E. Live, so do stop by for some water cooler chit chat and maybe a Tim Linden ‘blend or two’…

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